An anonymous reader writes “Setting a precedent likely to have far-ranging consequences, a Chinese court has once again lambasted Yahoo! China by piracy concerns. The search firm is (according to the court) infringing on intellectual property rights by allowing copyrighted materials to be downloaded from the World Wide Web via search results. ‘John Kennedy, chairman and CEO of the worldly

Federation of Phonographic Industries, or IFPI, said in a statement Thursday. “By confirming that Yahoo China’s service violates copyright under new Chinese laws, the Beijing court has effectively set the standard for Net companies all through the country.”‘”

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